A struggling actor, a Brit in America without a green card, Claire needs work and money to survive. Then she gets both. But nothing like she expected. Claire agrees to become a decoy for a firm of divorce lawyers. Hired to entrap straying husbands, she must catch them on tape with their seductive propositions. Then the game changes. When the wife of one of Claire’s targets is violently murdered, the cops are sure the husband is to blame. Desperate to catch him before he kills again, they enlist Claire to lure him into a confession.

3 out of 5 stars

Never want to hear the name "Baudelaire" again.

By
MarisaReads
on
09-25-18

An Anonymous Girl

By:
Greer Hendricks,
Sarah Pekkanen

Narrated by:
Barrie Kreinik,
Julia Whelan

Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
4,714

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
4,320

Story

4 out of 5 stars
4,315

Seeking women ages 18-32 to participate in a study on ethics and morality. Generous compensation. Anonymity guaranteed. When Jessica Farris signs up for a psychology study conducted by the mysterious Dr. Shields, she thinks all she’ll have to do is answer a few questions, collect her money, and leave. But as the questions grow more and more intense and invasive and the sessions become outings where Jess is told what to wear and how to act, she begins to feel as though Dr. Shields may know what she’s thinking...and what she’s hiding.

5 out of 5 stars

Amazing

By
Frances Hampton
on
01-09-19

Our Little Lies

By:
Sue Watson

Narrated by:
Katie Villa

Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
1,905

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,740

Story

4 out of 5 stars
1,738

Marianne has a life others dream of. A beautiful townhouse on the best street in the neighbourhood. Three bright children who are her pride and joy. Sometimes her past still hurts: losing her mother early, growing up in foster care. But her husband, Simon, is always there. A successful surgeon, he’s the envy of every woman they’ve ever met. Flowers, gifts, trips to France: nothing is too good for his family. Then Simon says another woman’s name. The way he lingers on it, Caroline, gives Marianne a shudder of suspicion, but she knows it’s nothing - she can’t entertain this flash of paranoia.

5 out of 5 stars

I thought I knew...

By
PollyAnna2
on
10-18-18

The Couple

An Unputdownable Psychological Thriller with a Breathtaking Twist

By:
Sarah Mitchell

Narrated by:
Katie Villa

Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins

Unabridged

Overall

3.5 out of 5 stars
32

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
27

Story

3.5 out of 5 stars
27

Following a whirlwind four-month romance, lawyer Claire and hotel entrepreneur Angus are engaged to be married. Happy and successful, and ready to start their new life together, Claire and Angus find what they believe to be the perfect home. But when Claire meets Mark, the man selling them the house, he looks eerily familiar. He looks exactly like the man she loved five years ago, the man she couldn’t bear to lose.

3 out of 5 stars

not great but ok

By
Jenn
on
02-09-19

Her Closest Friend: An absolutely gripping and heart-pounding psychological thriller

By:
Clare Boyd

Narrated by:
Jane McDowell

Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins

Unabridged

Overall

3.5 out of 5 stars
17

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
15

Story

3.5 out of 5 stars
15

Naomi and I are best friends. School runs, dog walks, a shoulder to cry on over a glass of wine - we’re inseparable. But now my husband has walked out, I need her more than ever. I know she will help me pick up the pieces. Because she knows about the lie I told to protect her. She knows how much I’ve sacrificed for this friendship. And she’d never let anyone hurt me. Would she?

1 out of 5 stars

Torturous

By
Feviegirl
on
03-14-19

The Second Wife

An Absolutely Gripping Psychological Thriller That Will Have You Hooked

By:
Sheryl Browne

Narrated by:
Tamsin Kennard

Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
119

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
106

Story

4 out of 5 stars
106

Rebecca only wanted to help out - to be kind. Richard seemed so alone after his wife, Nicole, died, and Rebecca wanted to make sure he knew he had someone on whom to rely. But now, she’s in Nicole’s immaculate house. Drinking from her favourite crystal wine glass. Keeping shoes in her orderly closet. Comforting her sweet and grieving stepdaughter. It feels like Rebecca is living another woman’s life.

3 out of 5 stars

Not the best.,.

By
MissSweet
on
02-05-19

Believe Me

A Novel

By:
J. P. Delaney

Narrated by:
Sally Scott,
Matt Reeves,
Lorelei King,
and others

Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
327

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
302

Story

4 out of 5 stars
301

A struggling actor, a Brit in America without a green card, Claire needs work and money to survive. Then she gets both. But nothing like she expected. Claire agrees to become a decoy for a firm of divorce lawyers. Hired to entrap straying husbands, she must catch them on tape with their seductive propositions. Then the game changes. When the wife of one of Claire’s targets is violently murdered, the cops are sure the husband is to blame. Desperate to catch him before he kills again, they enlist Claire to lure him into a confession.

3 out of 5 stars

Never want to hear the name "Baudelaire" again.

By
MarisaReads
on
09-25-18

An Anonymous Girl

By:
Greer Hendricks,
Sarah Pekkanen

Narrated by:
Barrie Kreinik,
Julia Whelan

Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
4,714

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
4,320

Story

4 out of 5 stars
4,315

Seeking women ages 18-32 to participate in a study on ethics and morality. Generous compensation. Anonymity guaranteed. When Jessica Farris signs up for a psychology study conducted by the mysterious Dr. Shields, she thinks all she’ll have to do is answer a few questions, collect her money, and leave. But as the questions grow more and more intense and invasive and the sessions become outings where Jess is told what to wear and how to act, she begins to feel as though Dr. Shields may know what she’s thinking...and what she’s hiding.

5 out of 5 stars

Amazing

By
Frances Hampton
on
01-09-19

Our Little Lies

By:
Sue Watson

Narrated by:
Katie Villa

Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
1,905

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,740

Story

4 out of 5 stars
1,738

Marianne has a life others dream of. A beautiful townhouse on the best street in the neighbourhood. Three bright children who are her pride and joy. Sometimes her past still hurts: losing her mother early, growing up in foster care. But her husband, Simon, is always there. A successful surgeon, he’s the envy of every woman they’ve ever met. Flowers, gifts, trips to France: nothing is too good for his family. Then Simon says another woman’s name. The way he lingers on it, Caroline, gives Marianne a shudder of suspicion, but she knows it’s nothing - she can’t entertain this flash of paranoia.

5 out of 5 stars

I thought I knew...

By
PollyAnna2
on
10-18-18

The Couple

An Unputdownable Psychological Thriller with a Breathtaking Twist

By:
Sarah Mitchell

Narrated by:
Katie Villa

Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins

Unabridged

Overall

3.5 out of 5 stars
32

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
27

Story

3.5 out of 5 stars
27

Following a whirlwind four-month romance, lawyer Claire and hotel entrepreneur Angus are engaged to be married. Happy and successful, and ready to start their new life together, Claire and Angus find what they believe to be the perfect home. But when Claire meets Mark, the man selling them the house, he looks eerily familiar. He looks exactly like the man she loved five years ago, the man she couldn’t bear to lose.

3 out of 5 stars

not great but ok

By
Jenn
on
02-09-19

Her Closest Friend: An absolutely gripping and heart-pounding psychological thriller

By:
Clare Boyd

Narrated by:
Jane McDowell

Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins

Unabridged

Overall

3.5 out of 5 stars
17

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
15

Story

3.5 out of 5 stars
15

Naomi and I are best friends. School runs, dog walks, a shoulder to cry on over a glass of wine - we’re inseparable. But now my husband has walked out, I need her more than ever. I know she will help me pick up the pieces. Because she knows about the lie I told to protect her. She knows how much I’ve sacrificed for this friendship. And she’d never let anyone hurt me. Would she?

1 out of 5 stars

Torturous

By
Feviegirl
on
03-14-19

The Second Wife

An Absolutely Gripping Psychological Thriller That Will Have You Hooked

By:
Sheryl Browne

Narrated by:
Tamsin Kennard

Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
119

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
106

Story

4 out of 5 stars
106

Rebecca only wanted to help out - to be kind. Richard seemed so alone after his wife, Nicole, died, and Rebecca wanted to make sure he knew he had someone on whom to rely. But now, she’s in Nicole’s immaculate house. Drinking from her favourite crystal wine glass. Keeping shoes in her orderly closet. Comforting her sweet and grieving stepdaughter. It feels like Rebecca is living another woman’s life.

3 out of 5 stars

Not the best.,.

By
MissSweet
on
02-05-19

White Lies

By:
Lucy Dawson

Narrated by:
Rachel Atkins

Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
3,373

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
3,092

Story

4 out of 5 stars
3,084

A darkly gripping domestic drama about secrets and lies. When you have everything, you have everything to lose.... Alexandra Inglis is a respected family doctor, trusted by her patients to keep their most intimate secrets. And if sometimes the boundaries between duty and desire blur...well, she's only human. But when Alex oversteps a line with Jonathan, one of her patients, she knows she's gone too far.

5 out of 5 stars

Kept me guessing!!

By
ROBIN
on
05-26-18

Final Girls

A Novel

By:
Riley Sager

Narrated by:
Erin Bennett,
Hillary Huber

Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
3,553

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
3,288

Story

4 out of 5 stars
3,281

Ten years ago college student Quincy Carpenter went on vacation with five friends and came back alone, the only survivor of a horror movie-scale massacre. In an instant she became a member of a club no one wants to belong to - a group of similar survivors known in the press as the Final Girls.

5 out of 5 stars

Shocking twists and turns

By
S. Winchester
on
07-18-17

The Couple Next Door

A Novel

By:
Shari Lapena

Narrated by:
Kirsten Potter

Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
13,147

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
11,866

Story

4 out of 5 stars
11,826

Anne and Marco Conti seem to have it all - a loving relationship, a wonderful home, and their beautiful baby, Cora. But one night when they are at a dinner party next door, a terrible crime is committed. Suspicion immediately focuses on the parents. But the truth is a much more complicated story.

3 out of 5 stars

Plot twist overload

By
RueRue
on
10-12-16

Luckiest Girl Alive

A Novel

By:
Jessica Knoll

Narrated by:
Madeleine Maby

Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
6,367

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
5,626

Story

4 out of 5 stars
5,639

Ani FaNelli seems to have it all: a glamorous job at a glossy magazine, an enviable figure with the wardrobe to match, and a handsome fiancé from a distinguished blue-blood family. But Ani FaNelli is an invention, that veneer of perfection carefully assembled in an attempt to distance herself from a shocking, sordid past.

3 out of 5 stars

Strange, unnerving, confusing.

By
Candice
on
12-06-15

The Wife Between Us

By:
Greer Hendricks,
Sarah Pekkanen

Narrated by:
Julia Whelan

Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
22,296

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
20,426

Story

4 out of 5 stars
20,395

When you listen to this audiobook, you will make many assumptions. You will assume you are listening to a story about a jealous ex-wife. You will assume she is obsessed with her replacement - a beautiful, younger woman who is about to marry the man they both love. You will assume you know the anatomy of this tangled love triangle. Assume nothing. Twisted and deliciously chilling,
The Wife Between Us exposes the secret complexities of an enviable marriage - and the dangerous truths we ignore in the name of love.

5 out of 5 stars

NOT that confusing! Gone Girl + Last Mrs. Parrish

By
Jenn
on
01-11-18

Nine Perfect Strangers

By:
Liane Moriarty

Narrated by:
Caroline Lee

Length: 16 hrs and 18 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
7,376

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
6,839

Story

4 out of 5 stars
6,799

From number-one New York Times best-selling author Liane Moriarty, author of Big Little Lies, comes her newest audiobook, Nine Perfect Strangers: Nine people gather at a remote health resort. Some are here to lose weight, some are here to get a reboot on life, some are here for reasons they can’t even admit to themselves. Amid all of the luxury and pampering, the mindfulness and meditation, they know these 10 days might involve some real work. But none of them could imagine just how challenging the next 10 days are going to be.

3 out of 5 stars

🌬🌥☁️🌦Fun, Fluffy, and Forgettable🍭🍬🍭

By
Gretchen SLP
on
02-03-19

The Other Woman

By:
Sandie Jones

Narrated by:
Clare Corbett

Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
4,273

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
3,889

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
3,879

Adam adores Emily. Emily thinks Adam’s perfect, the man she thought she’d never meet. Emily chose Adam, but she didn’t choose his mother Pammie. There’s nothing a mother wouldn’t do for her son, and now Emily is about to find out just how far Pammie will go to get what she wants: Emily gone forever.

1 out of 5 stars

I hater to give negative reviews - BUT...

By
Ashley Mainen
on
11-10-18

The Breakdown

By:
B. A. Paris

Narrated by:
Georgia Maguire

Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
6,309

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
5,817

Story

4 out of 5 stars
5,814

Cass is having a hard time since the night she saw the car in the woods, on the winding rural road, in the middle of a downpour, with the woman sitting inside - the woman who was killed. She's been trying to put the crime out of her mind; what could she have done, really? It's a dangerous road to be on in the middle of a storm. Her husband would be furious if he knew she'd broken her promise not to take that shortcut home. And she probably would only have been hurt herself if she'd stopped.

4 out of 5 stars

I tore through it within a few days

By
AudioBook Reviewer
on
10-02-17

Before She Knew Him

A Novel

By:
Peter Swanson

Narrated by:
Sophie Amoss,
Graham Halstead

Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
312

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
294

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
293

Hen and her husband, Lloyd, have settled into a quiet life in a new house outside of Boston, Massachusetts. Hen (short for Henrietta) is an illustrator and works out of a studio nearby and has found the right meds to control her bipolar disorder. Finally, she’s found some stability and peace. But when they meet the neighbors next door, that calm begins to erode as she spots a familiar object displayed on the husband’s office shelf. The sports trophy looks exactly like one that went missing from the home of a young man who was killed two years ago.

5 out of 5 stars

Very Dark Psychological Thriller...

By
shelley
on
03-09-19

Then She Was Gone

A Novel

By:
Lisa Jewell

Narrated by:
Helen Duff

Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
24,467

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
22,182

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
22,123

Fifteen-year-old Ellie Mack was the perfect daughter. She was beloved by her parents, friends, and teachers. She and her boyfriend made a teenage golden couple. She was days away from an idyllic summer vacation, with her whole life ahead of her. And then she was gone. Now her mother, Laurel Mack, is trying to put her life back together.

5 out of 5 stars

SO GOOD

By
Anonymous User
on
05-24-18

Watching You

By:
Lisa Jewell

Narrated by:
Gabrielle Glaister

Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
984

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
918

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
915

Melville Heights is one of the nicest neighborhoods in Bristol, England. It’s the sort of place where doctors and lawyers and old-money academics live. It’s not the sort of place where people get stabbed in the back 30 times with a kitchen knife in their own homes. Someone must have seen something. Newlywed Joey Mullen, for example, recently returned from four years of working in Ibiza. She and her husband, Alfie, are eager to find a place of their own in her hometown. But Joey finds herself distracted by the man next door, Tom Fitzwilliam.

3 out of 5 stars

How much am I really getting?!

By
Sarah Dinger
on
01-27-19

The Ex-Wife

A Nail Biting Gripping Psychological Thriller

By:
Jess Ryder

Narrated by:
Annette Chown

Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
2,910

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
2,703

Story

4 out of 5 stars
2,690

Newly married Natasha has the perfect house, a loving husband, and a beautiful little girl called Emily. She’d have it all if it wasn’t for Jen, her husband’s ex-wife who just won’t leave them alone. Then Natasha returns home one day to find her husband and Emily gone without trace. Desperate to get her daughter back, Natasha will do anything even if it means accepting an offer of help from Jen.

3 out of 5 stars

An ABSURD story!

By
Debra
on
06-28-18

Editorial Reviews

Editors Select, January 2017 - In recent years, listeners have been blessed with tour de force psychological thrillers (think Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train). Well, there's a new girl in town - The Girl Before by JP Delaney - and she's poised to become just as popular as her predecessors. The dual narration, which features mesmerizing performances by Emilia Fox and Finty Williams, simultaneously hooks and unsettles the listener. Emma and Jane share physical features. They both are recovering from traumas. They've dated the same man. They both lived at One Folgate Street. But Jane is alive, and Emma is dead. As Jane unravels Emma's fate and their stories begin to collide, the time between chapters shortens - a masterful technique by Delaney that only serves to heighten the drama. Rich, suspenseful, believable: make room for The Girl Before on your (digital) shelf. Katie, Audible Editor

Publisher's Summary

In the tradition of The Girl on the Train, The Silent Wife, and Gone Girl comes an enthralling psychological thriller that spins one woman's seemingly good fortune and another woman's mysterious fate through a kaleidoscope of duplicity, death, and deception.

Soon to be a major motion picture directed by Ron Howard.

Please make a list of every possession you consider essential to your life.

The request seems odd, even intrusive - and for the two women who answer, the consequences are devastating.

Emma

Reeling from a traumatic break-in, Emma wants a new place to live. But none of the apartments she sees are affordable or feel safe. Until One Folgate Street. The house is an architectural masterpiece: a minimalist design of pale stone, plate glass, and soaring ceilings. But there are rules. The enigmatic architect who designed the house retains full control: no books, no throw pillows, no photos or clutter or personal effects of any kind. The space is intended to transform its occupant - and it does.

Jane

After a personal tragedy, Jane needs a fresh start. When she finds One Folgate Street, she is instantly drawn to the space - and to its aloof but seductive creator. Moving in, Jane soon learns about the untimely death of the home's previous tenant, a woman similar to Jane in age and appearance. As Jane tries to untangle truth from lies, she unwittingly follows the same patterns, makes the same choices, crosses paths with the same people, and experiences the same terror as the girl before.

Great Story

After the first couple of chapters I thought this was really going to have a stupid ending. But that was just building the story. As the story progresses you get pulled in. Every time you think you know who did it, another piece of evidence pops up so you think it is someone else. I was completely surprised at the end. If you like suspense, this is a great book.

No, No, No

I thought Gone Girl was well written and had a nice believable little sadistic twist that made it awkwardly fun. Girl on the train, I liked because of the charters and although the ending was predictable the angst created by the writer was well done. Maybe I'm starting to just get over all the "girl in the title" books, or maybe this one just isn't very good. To be honest, I had trouble finishing it. The narration is good, but the story had a forced creepiness that just didn't work. the characters are unlikeable, and not in a way that makes you want to read or listen. An example (semi spoiler warning), one of the girls is violently raped and is extremely traumatized (as one would expect), then just a few pages later makes comments and commits acts that just don't fit (not even in a deranged way). I have to admit I'm not into the Fifty Shades of anything books, or any book with gratuitous language or violent sex, so maybe that's why I really don't understand this one. And the ending didn't make up for any of the books flaws. I say save your money or credit because this one, for me, isn't worth your time or money. That's just my two cents worth.

A unique kind of awful

A unique kind of awful. This might very well be the worst book I have ever read. The strange thing is, usually when I dislike a book, I stop reading/listening and choose something else. This book, however, was so unbelievably awful that I couldn't make myself stop. I had to see how much worse is got and I was really really rooting for every single character to die a horrible death. The two women characters are both dumber than a bag of rocks and the main male character is so terrible that there is no way either of these women would want him, let alone both. I was hoping he would end up murdering them both, then some random character like Jason Voorhees showing up at the 11th hour and killing him. That's how bad the book is, I daydreamed about the characters being murdered. Add in some sex talk with words like c*** and Daddy, and you've got a nice, flaming crap cocktail. I even wanted the stupid house to explode!I'm curious to find out who the author really is, because it has to be someone with their foot already in the door. There is no way this book impressed someone so much as to offer this person a contract. Someone's daughter or lover who was blackmailing people... Something! I refuse to believe this crap got published based on its merits alone. And what the hell is Ron Howard doing with this? His movies have been some real stinkers lately, but this is bottom of the barrel. This will make the Grinch look Oscar worthy. AVOID AT ALL COST!!!

Never do I want a fully automated home. Wow!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

incredible concept. At the beginning, it felt like they were competing for the house, but no the twist unveils. Then it unveils the darkness again. spellbinding. great juxtapositionsIn the dark until the end. Not many books keep the ending secret for so long.

Which character – as performed by the narrators – was your favorite?

Emma was truly intriguing. How she manipulated and turn the details her way. fabulous voice changes.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

In many moments, I was shocked, upset, calmed, and then shocked, upset and calmed again. fantastic unveiling of the details. very creative and fresh.

Any additional comments?

I actually had to sit in the parking lot at work and was late a couple times because I couldn't stop listening.

It could have been great

Is there anything you would change about this book?

The narration of this book was great, no complaints there. The story, however promising it could have been, was unrealistic and shallow. This book had the slowest build, and the fastest fall. The last 90 minutes of the book, seemed thrown together . I felt like the author was told, "you need more twists and turns", so they were thrown in at the last minute without any proper unraveling, which left you scratching your head.

Quit Comparing Everything to Girl On the Train/ Gone Girl

I don't understand all the hype associated with this novel. I hear a motion picture has already been optioned. Why? 2 women separated by a small amount of time both were residents of 1 Folgate street. It is a house like no other but one of innovation and possibly the future of homes across the world. But first they have to sign their lives over in order to get this amazing house at an affordable price. Regardless of concerns both "then" Emma and "now" Jane sign and allow their lives to be on full display.You find out rather early what happened to "then" Emma. But as the story unraveled I can say honestly none of it was surprising. Even after the climax it ends with a dud. A warning to any animal lovers like myself you will find certain sections of this book disturbing.

I am glad for the good listen guarantee as I will be taking advantage of this shortly after I have submitted this review.

Like someone tried to polish an old turd

Any additional comments?

The narrarators tried their best and you have to give them credit- the story is absolute garbage. I hated each of the main characters almost as much as the last and was anticipating all of them to be murdered. Even that was a let down.

A pleasant surprise

I've been struggling lately with books read by terrible narrators and or with a slow pace, dull premise, etc, etc. I was drawn to this one largely due to the fact t Emilia Fox was involved. And she, along with the other narrators made a very good job of reading this story. The comparisons to Gone Girl and Girl on a Train made me hesitant, as so many books are being compared to those two and are really very disappointing. I found that this book is comparable to them in certain ways of course and those drawn to those kinds of stories are more likely to like this one. Best, I think, to take this book on simply as a decent well performed psychological thriller. I enjoyed this book and it's ideas on control. Definitely left me thinking. I was pleasantly surprised to have enjoyed this book as much as I did and to have got through it so quickly.

Blech

1 Folgate Street is the stark contemporary, uber-specified house that brings together a string of really unhealthy people. In exchange for reduced rent, tenants must legally agree to abide by austere rules and living arrangements. These stipulations have been created by the world-renowned architect who designed and obsessed over the construction of the unusual creation -- and only he decides who will be granted a lease to live there. The author, Tony Strong (a.k.a. J.P. Delaney) could have had a good, thrilling theme to work with right there, but instead he created what seemed like endless sub-themes which delved into the dark corners of the female tenants minds and dysfunctional lives. Normally, that would be swell, but instead I found that the "insight" seemed to revel in rather perverted, unrelatable and insultingly stereotypical portraits of your usual, run-of-mill "messed up" women. Alarmed at what I was hearing, I actually googled the author and...well of course it was written by a man. But. Of. Course.

If you're a fan of "Fifty Shades of No Self-Respect" and enjoy a peek inside the minds of some seriously damaged women (and men - but mainly women), then this is the book for you. The author is certainly no Gillian Flynn. That is for sure.